Re: Backgrounds
Greg Anderson (Nifft@FutureRealms.com)
Fri, 16 Apr 1999 01:36:09 -0400
James wrote:
>
> On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, ishamael wrote:
>
> # Pager handles the main background stuff (which is why everyone runs
> # Pager).
>
> i don't like pager, it confuses me when the desks suddenly flip (i have
> a virtual X desktop which scrolls, and when i hit the sides it'd flip
> into another desktop. very annoying when trying to hit buttons on my
> wharf (i use a trackball and tend to spin the ball and catch it when it's
> near what i want to point at))
I love the pager. I have 12 desks with four pages each. The man page
for AfterStep has your solution: Make the change to EdgeResistance and
EdgeScroll in your active feel file and then reload it from the start
menu. Here is a bit of the man page...
EdgeResistance delay pixels
Specifies how hard it should be to change views
within a desktop by moving the mouse over the edge
of the screen, and how hard it should be to move a
window over the edge of a screen.
The delay in milliseconds, defines how long the
pointer must spend at the screen edge before that
view becomes current. This is useful in conjunc-
tion with EdgeScroll 100 100, so the views don't
get switched accidently.
The pixels defines how far over the edge a window
must "appear" to move before it actually moves par-
tially off the screen.
Note that with EdgeScroll 0 0, it is still possible
to move or resize windows across the edge of the
current screen. By setting the pixels parameter of
EdgeResistance to 10000, this type of motion is
impossible. However, with EdgeResistances less than
10000, but greater than 0, moving over pages
becomes difficult but not impossible.
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Greg Anderson
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